Leading fashion brands entice China's nouveau riche(Guardian)
"Thanks to its booming economy, numerous high-profile fashion houses have announced their intention to expand operations on the Chinese mainland... Burberry has confirmed that it will add 66 stores to its current 44 Chinese outlets by 2012."

U.S. luxury brands may slow European growth (Reuters)
"European expansion plans for top U.S. luxury brands may stall in the short term over fears of a simmering debt crisis on the continent... fears over shrinking consumer demand would give these companies pause before opening new outlets."

Full luxury recovery still fuzzy(Reuters)
"The world's wealthiest consumers kept their taste for expensive goods through a global downturn, but their more middle-class compatriots still striving for the good life may take years to return, if ever."